Improvement in self-lighting attachment for gas-burners



, s. GARDINER, Jr;

Gas-Lighting Device.

Patented Feb. 16, 1869.

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I B, as in my patent before referred to, is secured, by cast- :1;fitatta eeeae SAMUEL GARD -INER, JR., OF NEW YORK, NLY.

. Letters Patent No. 87,039,

dated Feb'rua/ry 16,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SELF-LIGHTING- .ATTAC'HMENTPOR G-AS-BURNERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 3: theearl-1a.:

To all whom 'it may concern 7 Be it known that I, SAMUEL GARDINER, J r.,of the city, county, and State of New York,-have invented a new andimproved Self-Lighting Attachment for Gas- Burners; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a sufiiciently full and exact descriptionof my said invent-ion, to enable one skilled in the art to which itappertams, to carry it into effect, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, which are made a part of this specification.

My invention consists in an improved manner of applying and securing acoil of platina wire, or its equivalent, to the tip of a gas-burner,within a hood, so as to cause the relighting of the gas, in the event ofbeing extinguished, from any cause, without beingturned off.

In the drawings-- Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a gas-burnerwith my improvement applied.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the self-lighting appliance detached.

The burner A a, hood B b, and key D d, may be constructed as describedin Letters Patent granted to me on the 16th of June, 1868, o1"v in anyother suitable manner.

The coil, 0, instead of being attached to the hood ing, soldering, orother means, to a ring, E, of suitable metal or material, which is madeto fit the burner A.

I prefer to form the coil' of platina wire, with two legs, .0 0, uponwhich a ring, E, of type-metal, may be cast under pressure. g

A flat face, 0, on the inside of the ring, fitting a similar flat face,which may be formed on the burner by filing, insures the properadjustment of the coil, and prevents it getting out of place;

My present improvement may be used either with or without the leak (I,described'in my former patent.

The hood B has a beneficial effect, but I prefer to form the slot in itstop of greater width than that described'i-n my patent mentioned above.

Instead of employing a coil of wire, a body of platina or other metalmay be used, in porous or other form, which will be. adapted to retainor evolve the heat necessary to produce the effect set forth.

The appliance constitutes a sure preventive of accidents by the blowingout of the gas, as it insures the instantaneous and continued.relighting of the latter until it is turned off. I

It'is also valuable in improving the combustion of the gas, andthusintensifying the light.

My present improvement possesses this great advantage over the devicedescribed in my patent of J nne 16, 1868, that it adapts the attachmentto be made by machinery, at a moderate cost, instead of, requiringseparate and careful manipulation; the application ,of the-attachmentfor use is rendered more easy, and its adjustment more sure.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire t9 secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 Theplatina coil 0 c c, supporting-ring E e, and hood B, when constructedand combined to operate in the manner and for the purposes hereinset'forth.

. Witnesses: SAML GARDINER, JR. 'OQTAVIUs KNIGHT,

WM, H. Bnnnnron, Jr.

